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412 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780806139296
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 15 October 2008
Description
In the history of the American frontier, John Sutter (1803-1880) looms large. A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in California's Sacramento Valley, he founded New Helvetia, a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended...
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412 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780806139296
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 15 October 2008
Description
In the history of the American frontier, John Sutter (1803-1880) looms large. A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in California's Sacramento Valley, he founded New Helvetia, a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended...